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2 Cast  





3 Reception  





4 References  





5 Bibliography  





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East Meets West (1936 film)






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East Meets West
Lobby card for the film
Directed byHerbert Mason
Maude T. Howell (asst.)
Written byEdwin Greenwood
Maude T. Howell
Produced byHaworth Bromley
Starring
  • Lucie Mannheim
  • Godfrey Tearle
  • Romney Brent
  • CinematographyBernard Knowles
    Edited byCharles Frend
    Music byLouis Levy
    John DH Greenwood

    Production
    company

    Gaumont British

    Distributed byGaumont British Distributors

    Release dates

    • 26 August 1936 (1936-08-26) (London)
  • 16 October 1936 (1936-10-16) (USA)
  • Running time

    74 minutes
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    LanguageEnglish

    East Meets West is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring George Arliss, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle and John Laurie. It was made at the Lime Grove StudiosinLondon.[1] The film's art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.

    Plot[edit]

    A small Middle Eastern state is coveted by the major powers for strategic reasons.[2]

    Still of the film

    Cast[edit]

    Reception[edit]

    Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a very poor review, succinctly warning readers "to avoid [it] like the plague".[3]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Wood p.89
  • ^ BFI.org
  • ^ Greene, Graham (18 September 1936). "The Great Ziegfeld/It's Love Again/Marchand d'Amour/East Meets West". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 101. ISBN 0192812866.)
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